#TTOT Round-Up: Family Travel

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Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT on "Family Travel!"

Q1 via BackPackerSteve: Which destination would you suggest to travel with your family -why? 

• AyKate: Yellowstone National Park - Kids would love watch Old Faithful & the others sprouting out
• engelasaf: Thailand. there are lots of activities for kids and their parents. great beaches and lots of sun all year long
• destinology: Dubai, it has everything for families including the fantastic Aquaventure at Atlantis, make sure you take plenty of sun cream! 
• sudhamathew: Turkey - warm hospitable people and very friendly to kids. Found it to be safe for single women too
• SuuperG: I can speak for what dazzled me as a child - nature and animals! African Safari, Amazon Jungle, Galapagos and Alaska
• giuliaccia: Probably obvious but I'd say Disneyland. Easy peasy
• grapehops: NYC is fabulous with family of all ages!
• HostelBookers: It depends where you live, travelling too far with young children can be difficult so try and find somewhere nice, closer to home

Q2 via himalfootsteps: What kind of travel/destination would you never do with family?

• TravelsinT: Africa, way to rough on small children
• Journeywoman: I don't like taking the kiddies into malarial or dengue fever zones. I'd be worrying all the time 
• GDARCYRYAN: Nudist resorts are a big No No!
• eezeerhotel: India is not on my list with family... Too dangerous for kids specially if they catch the gastro!
• mygo2it: Spring Break
• TravelDesigned: I am not a fan of Las Vegas for kids but my pal flyingwithfish says his kids LOVE it 
• jasonalvinjacob: Anything too crowded and dangerous.. I would defo not got to places with hostile forces
• marksmayo: The 'Stans would be very hard to do w family in tow - Delhi Belly the whole time!
• RobertKCole: Burning Man
• katyabroad: A caravan in Wales. Being cooped up in a tiny space with family for days on end while it rains is hell on earth

Q3 via lucy_c_b: What is your best childhood family travel memory? 

• sudhamathew: Pretending it was night when passing through tunnels on the annual train journey between Bombay and Kerala when we were lil kids
• banbarkawi: Getting stuck in Malaysia for a month because of the Gulf War back home. To a 7-year-old, that equals paradise. Or to a 26-yr-old
• Liligo_UK: A deer started to eat my sweater when I was a kid at SeaWorld's petting zoo. That was pretty funny
• petebouch: 2 years spent with family cruising the canals of N. France, Belgium & Holland on a home built 60 ft catamaran
• journeytom: Disney was a great memory I first went at 21 though does that still class as a child?
• rkerestes: Visiting the upstairs lounge on a transatlantic 747 with Dad. I miss the piano player
• plinthpics: Our camper van trips down through France and Spain
• bespoketravels: Playing the license plate game on road trips
• earthxplorer: My first plane trip was amazing, pancakes with syrup ( I was 10) !

Q4 via SophieR: To what extent do you involve the children in the planning of a trip?

• hotelhekla: Great to have kids involved in travel planning. Brings the family together and teaches them essential life lessons
• RanchRider: I always get my son's globe out - then we make a list of things we'd like to do - he loves to travel
• Jake_Ivo: Depending on the age, children should be considered but not consulted
• PLUSHOSTELS: Did that once. All we ate was chocolate and chips for dinner
• mapthegap: We were never really involved in the planning of a trip, but had a say once we got there
• StayAdventurous: My parents involved me... I plan to do the same some day
• missbritt: We give them options of things to do in each city
• KirkCole: I dont have kids, but my parents would decide on the destination, and my sister and I could each pick one thing we wanted to do
• 1Dad1Kid: I try to involve him as much as possible. We do it as a team

Q5 via galavantingmama: What's in your in-flight survival kit?

• nankichawla: My parents used to give my sis a sip of brandy to make her stop screaming on planes. It worked!
• lowcostholidays: Thinking up a collection of 'Eye Spy' answers pre-flight, Nintendo DS, Ipod, and Boiled sweets for take off and landing=a MUST!
• hjortur: Keep them occupied. Bring them something to eat - and make it something you'd like to eat yourself
• magellanpr: Sick Bag
• TravelingEditor: Nintendo DS - so I can toss it into a circle of brats and watch them fight to the death
• kymri: When I travel with my daughter, we play WWF back and forth, but I hate that she's old enough now to want the window seat! Argh! 
• BackPackerSteve: Chocolate! A problem solver for every age

And there you have it, "Family Travel"!   

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As always, a HUGE travel community thank you to our #TTOT hosts and organizers: traveldudes, roniweiss, toddwassel, traveldesigned, insidetravellab, WildJunket, tbloggersunite and mobilelawyer!

Have YOU got anything to add to the Family Travel discussion? 

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